/*
 * $Id: OntologyNetworkGenerator.java 1659 2011-12-28 10:50:46Z euzenat $
 *
 * Copyright (C) INRIA, 2011
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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 */

package fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.gen;

import org.semanticweb.owl.align.OntologyNetwork;

import fr.inrialpes.exmo.ontowrap.Ontology;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * OntologyNetworkGenerator
 *
 * An interface for generating an ontology network from an ontology or an ontology generator.
 *
 */

public interface OntologyNetworkGenerator {

    /**
     * Returns an ontology network of size n (the number of ontologies)
     * starting from an ontology o.
     * Parameters may further specify the requirements.
     */
    public OntologyNetwork generate( int n, Ontology o, Properties params );

    /**
     * Returns an ontology network of size n (the number of ontologies)
     * with ontologies generated by the generator g.
     * Parameters may further specify the requirements.
     */
    //public OntologyNetwork generate( int n, OntologyGenerator o, Properties params );

}

